Progress March 2020
Week 4 Not much to report given that the Railway is totally shut down currently although, fortunately, HBSS are still operational up in Liverpool so work on the boiler continues. After a bit of hassle we managed to get the manifold pad delivered up there so it can be attached to the backhead. Here are some of the photos from HBSS starting … Read More
Progress February 2020
The boiler fund appeal has started well so don’t get left behind – go to the ‘How You Can Help’ page to buy a share. Week Four Tuesday saw more work on the 5668 tank sections with rivets being pounded out and the dressing back of areas where the cut up angle sections had been welded together again last week. … Read More
Progress January 2020
Week 4 On Monday the boiler was lifted out, loaded onto a lorry and headed off to HBSS in Liverpool. This left us to rebuild the end wall of the boiler house and effect some repairs where the weather has taken its toll over the years. The manifold pad removed last week was cleaned up in preparation for having a … Read More
Progress December 2019
Week 4 Christmas week but we still kept soldiering on. Monday and Tuesday were the last two days of the Santa Specials so the sales team were kept fully occupied raising funds for the project. A sincere thank you is in order to all those shareholders who turned out to help man the stand over the whole ten days. Everyone took … Read More
Progress November 2019
Final Week Despite working on five days this week we haven’t actually done anything on the loco. Reason is that this is our busiest fundraising period with ten days of manning our sales stand during the running of the Santa Specials. Tuesday involved gathering together all the stuff we were going to need, Thursday was transporting and erecting the gazebo … Read More